the product of two vectors that is a pseudovector, whose magnitude is the product of the magnitudes of the given vectors and the sine of the angle between them. Its axis is perpendicular to the plane of the given vectors. Written: A × B or A ∧ B
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vec′tor prod′uct.
- MathematicsSee cross product.
- 1875–80
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